Mum Sue Coffey had to stump up a whopping £265 after being clamped for parking in a pub car park while she collected her children from school.

Mrs Coffey, of Winton Road, Whitley, was forced to shell out the cash after parking in the Maiden Over car park in Silverdale Road while picking up her two daughters from Maiden Erlegh School.

She said she did not see the sign warning that clamping was operational in the car park, which she has parked in a few times before and which is used by many parents.

Mrs Coffey was caught out on Tuesday last week when she returned to the car park to find her car clamped, along with another vehicle.

A tow truck had been called out to deal with the other car and the clamping firm said it would cost the driver the £95 clamping fee, and a £170 tow truck fee.

But the clampers then charged a shocked Mrs Coffey the full £265 – even though the truck had not been called out for her car – and let the other driver off the towing fee, after claiming Mrs Coffey was rude to them.

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